Even by Browns standards, it was an insane 22-hour stretch.
The euphoria of Johnny Manziel was quickly followed by the likely loss of the Browns' best player — and easily the best target to which Manziel or Brian Hoyer would be throwing.
The Gordon news is terrible from many perspectives, and the most important has nothing to do with the 2014 season.
Gordon just turned 23.
Last season, he had 87 receptions for 1,646 yards and nine touchdowns in 14 games.
He led the NFL in receiving yards despite serving a two-game suspension to start the season, and he became the first receiver to record back-to-back 200-yard games. In Weeks 12 and 13 last year, he had a combined 24 receptions for 498 yards and three TDs — with Brandon Weeden at quarterback the majority of the time.
But for the Browns, the Gordon issue is now much deeper.
He has already been suspended twice for drug use — once at Baylor and once last season. If he is suspended again, it could be for the entire 2014 season.
Then what?
Can the Browns trust Gordon to be available in 2015?
Can they trust him to do anything?
If there is a silver lining in the black cloud that seems to hover over the franchise at all times, it's that this version of the Browns seems best-equipped to deal with turmoil.
First-year general manager Ray Farmer, who was one of the few executives aware of the looming Gordon suspension during Thursday's first round, stayed true to his board throughout the three-day draft.
Farmer told the MMQB's Peter King the Browns were “very close” to selecting Clemson receiver Sammy Watkins fourth overall Thursday.
Instead, “Trader Ray” made three deals in less than two hours and finished his first day running a draft with 2014's top-rated cornerback (Justin Gilbert), a quarterback who has been atop the wish list for thousands of Browns fans since last fall (Johnny Manziel), and Buffalo's first- and fourth-round picks in 2015.
During Friday's second round, Farmer took Nevada offensive lineman Joel Bitonio — “clearly” the top-rated player on the Browns' board, the GM told King — instead of a receiver.
Seven of the 33 receivers who were drafted this past weekend were selected in Round 2.
Still, Farmer stayed true to his board.
And by most accounts, he had a very good draft. All six of his selections occurred in the top four rounds.
But what will the Browns do to address the glaring hole a Gordon suspension would leave at receiver?
Aside from Gordon, the Browns wideouts with the most receiving yards in 2013 were Greg Little (465), Davone Bess (362), Travis Benjamin (105) and Josh Cooper (60).
The team added Nate Burleson and Andrew Hawkins in free agency, but neither player can be considered anything more than a complementary part.
Hawkins has 995 receiving yards in three seasons, with a high of 533.
Burleson, who will be 33 in August, has been limited to 15 games in the last two seasons. He reportedly had surgery two weeks ago to repair a plate in his left arm, which he broke last September while driving and trying to retrieve a falling pizza box.
Farmer's point to Peter King and in other interviews has been that you can find a receiver anywhere.
He has used the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks as an example.
Seattle's leading receiver, Golden Tate, had 898 yards in the regular season. Tate and Doug Baldwin were the only Seahawks who had at least 400 receiving yards in 2013.
But Seattle has a stud running back (Marshawn Lynch), a very good young quarterback (Russell Wilson) and a world-class defense.
The Browns, of course, are trying to build all of those things.
But can they get quality receivers without drafting any?
Farmer's Seattle point inspired me to look up the draft statuses of the 24 players who had at least 1,000 receiving yards last season. The list includes one tight end — the Saints' Jimmy Graham.
Fourteen of the 24 were drafted in the first two rounds — seven in the first and seven in the second.
Five of the 1,000-yard receivers were taken in the third round, and two went in the fourth.
Three of the 24 were selected in the sixth and seventh rounds — the Steelers' Antonio Brown, the Redskins' Pierre Garcon and the Patriots' Julian Edelman.
Farmer is correct in believing there are many ways to acquire a quality receiver.
If he wants an elite one, however, he likely can't go the developmental route.
Eight of last year's top 10 receivers were first- or second-round picks. (I counted Gordon as a second-rounder, since that's what the Browns gave up to take him in the 2012 supplemental draft.)
If Farmer was looking for the next A.J. Green (a No. 4 overall pick) or Calvin Johnson (No. 2 overall), he would have taken Watkins or Mike Evans and not dealt for extra picks and a cornerback.
Instead, he didn't address the receiver position at all, electing to further strengthen the defense, and add a rock-star QB (Manziel), an intriguing running back prospect (Towson's Terrance West) and a likely starter on the offensive line (Bitonio).
From what we've seen of Farmer, we believe he must have something up his sleeve at receiver.
If he doesn't, and if Watkins is as good as advertised, the defense, Bitonio and the extra first-round pick in 2015 better be pretty darn good.
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